Sunday, August 16, 2015

Love: A 4-Letter Word

by Pastor Rob (2013)

Looking at the movies, songs, TV, and books, I propose that
love does a lot of sales. And well it should.Love does make the world go around.Romantic love fills the airways.In some ways it's treated like a four-letter word.As an older Christian, I see other forms of
love.In Dina Sleiman's book entitled Love in Three Quarter Time, the main character (Constance) is in
love with dance, and with a young colonial plantation owner, and in love with
herself.

Okay, it's a "chick
book" and I have been struggling through it, I admit.However, I continue pressing on, and I'm glad
I did.A new love started emerging.Christ's love. Dina brings it in through a
refreshing way that took me by surprise.Naturally, Constance is introduced to Christ in a way that upsets her
staus quo.Staunch religiosity, and
stiff, formal, unemotional assemblies provide nothing to slaves longing for
freedom.She starts seeing a different
love that surpasses her traditional upbringing.

JESUS. This is the the type of love that makes a
difference.Christ's love is
unconditional love. His love sets you free, keeps you safe, improves your
decisions, gives you a purpose, and makes your life complete.His love saves you.

The world?That love
falls miserably behind the Jesus-love.See what He has to offer.He has
answers to questions that you haven't even thought of yet.

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Jesus is central to everything we do, and the Holy Spirit is welcome in our services. We invite you to join us
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Christi Sleiman: Acts 2 member on the go, college engineering student, overseas missionary, and children's worker. Visit Christi's blog here.Pastor Rob Stevenson:Our beloved founding pastor. Although he graduated to heaven in 2013, he lives on in all of our hearts.